Slog - Comments on Mississippi Democrats Are Awesome, but W. Virginia's Are Racist http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w Rightly so, Democrats are thrilled about their victory in rural, northern Mississippi this morning, where Democrat Travis Childers won a special election to fill a vacant U.S. House seat—a seat held by the GOP for 14 years. Mississippi—where a lowly 17% of voters have a bachelors degree and the median household income ($34,000) is $10,000 below the national median—is the exact kind of turf Howard Dean was talking about in late 2003 when he famously urged Democrats to broaden their appeal to guys in "their pickup trucks" or else "We can't beat George Bush." (Bush got 64% of the vote... Copyright 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 10:55:01 -0800 Wed, 14 May 2008 13:14:36 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Just Sayin' um, Mississippi is not West Virginia

]]> Just Sayin' http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024193 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024193 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 10:59:24 -0800 Comment by Willis I don't work for the Stranger either Josh, does that mean that I too can post poorly thought-out drivel on SLOG?

AWESOME!

]]> Willis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024200 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:05:36 -0800 Comment by tsm 3.5% of WV's population is African-American.
37.2% of MS's population is African-American.

"Similar" demographics, Josh?

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024204 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024204 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:07:23 -0800 Comment by bma I'm sorry, but did you notice the *racial* demographics of Mississippi versus West Virginia?

]]> bma http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024207 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024207 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:08:38 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Dude, you really need to get out of this area.

The differences between under-educated coal-mining white trash West Virginia and mostly black Mississippi are quite stark.

As anyone knows who lives anywhere on the East Coast or the Gulf.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024209 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024209 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:11:35 -0800 Comment by Auric Hmmmm...I thought you were leaving soon?

]]> Auric http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024212 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024212 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:13:44 -0800 Comment by Chris Alabama's got me so upset,
Tennessee made me lose my rest,
And everybody knows about Mississippi, God Damn!

]]> Chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024230 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024230 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:18:11 -0800 Comment by Brian This post couldn't sound more uppity.

]]> Brian http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024250 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:28:19 -0800 Comment by doink Josh, jesus christ, could you be any more obsessed with black people? Your attempts at coming off as "color-blind" are laughable.

Guess the book is coming that easyily huh?

]]> doink http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024259 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024259 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:33:27 -0800 Comment by umvue At least a few Sloggers are knowledgeable enough to note that Mississippi is not West Virginia but dull enough not to get a very simple point. News.

]]> umvue http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024263 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024263 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:35:42 -0800 Comment by tsm Hey, give Josh some credit; he didn't try to integrate white-boy use of N-bombs this time.

]]> tsm http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024266 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024266 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:40:07 -0800 Comment by Trevor What @3 said.

Also: did you notice that Childers is white?

]]> Trevor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024275 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:47:20 -0800 Comment by Travis Dean said that Dems needed to get to "guys with Confederate flags in their pickup trucks." That's a vastly different statement than just "pickup trucks."

]]> Travis http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024276 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024276 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:47:24 -0800 Comment by w7ngman What exactly is your thesis here, Josh?

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024281 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024281 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:51:03 -0800 Comment by me For clarity, Bush got 62% in 2004, not 64%.

]]> me http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024293 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024293 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 11:57:28 -0800 Comment by Southerner Reading some cleverer-than-thou goon from Seattle's analysis of what's going on in West Virginia and Mississippi is HILARIOUS.

]]> Southerner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024382 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024382 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 12:43:42 -0800 Comment by Scott Dow Josh, Shouldn't you be filing resumes with the the Little Nickle instead of bothering grown ups with your bong hit 'insight'?

]]> Scott Dow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024455 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/mississippi_democrats_are_awesome_but_w#c1024455 2008 Wed, 14 May 2008 13:14:36 -0800